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4 South Asian men, 1 woman charged with extortion in Ontario Five people have been charged by Peel Region’s Extortion Investigative Task Force in connection with a series of incidents throughout the GTA including mischief to property, threats, and firearms-related offences. Peel police say four people were arrested and charged in connection with an incident
involving a Caledon business owner in Dec. 2023 and Jan. 2024. On Jan. 24, 2024, 23-year-old Gagan Ajit Singh, 23-year-old Anmoldeep Singh, 25-year-old Hashmeet Kaur, and 21-year-old Iymanjot Kaur were arrested following the search of a Brampton home. The three men and one woman face a total of 23 charges including
Wall Street snubs China for India in a historic markets shift A momentous shift is under way in global markets as investors pull billions of dollars from China’s sputtering economy, two
decades after betting on the country as the world’s biggest growth story. Much of that cash is now heading for India, with Wall Street giants like Goldman Sachs
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NDP cancels Surrey fundraiser dinner Ahead of multiple planned protests outside the event, the provincial NDP announced its fundraiser in Surrey has been postponed due to timing. Set to be held at the Aria Convention Centre last Sunday evening, the night was billed as an “evening gala” with Premier David
Eby and the rest of the BC NDP caucus in attendance. Following the announcement of the event, multiple protest groups, including proPalestinian groups, Keep the RCMP in Surrey advocates and anti-SOGI 123 protesters, posted plans on social media to picket outside the event.
extortion, uttering death threats, arson as well as fraud, and firearm offenses. On Jan. 25, 2024, police arrested 39-yearold Arundeep Thind of no fixed address after a 32-year-old claimed to have received a phone call and threatening messages on WhatsApp demanding large sums of money. Continued on page 6
91 Indian students died in Canada in past five years, India says At 91, Canada represented more than one fifth of the total number of deaths abroad in that period. This was followed by the U.K. at 48 deaths, Russia at 40, the U.S. at 36 and Australia at 35. At least 403 international students from India died between 2018 and 2023 while studying in countries around the world, according to India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Canada (IRCC) is “very concerned about the vulnerability of international students.” “While education is a provincial/ territorial responsibility, IRCC Continued on page 6
Former RCMP official, convicted of breaking secrets law An Ontario Superior Court judge has sentenced former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis to 14 years in jail. Assistant crown attorney Judy Kliewer said Ortis’s conduct was a “betrayal” of
the RCMP and Canada’s Five Eyes partners that “jeopardized the safety of Canadians.” In arriving at his decision, Justice Robert Maranger said the task of sentencing was a “heavy burden,” and that he expected the
Ortis decision to be appealed to higher courts on the grounds of “what evidence could and could not be presented at a trial for reasons of national security.”